1. طَوَيتُ الحَشَا مِنّي عَلَى حَرِّ لَوعةٍ

    فَجفني لَهَا نَهرٌ وفي أضلُعي سَقطُ

    I folded my heart within me around the heat of anguish.

    So my eyelid is a river for it, and within my ribs are sparks.

  2. طُبِعتَ عَلَى حِبٍّ هَوايَ هَوانَةً

    فَيَشتَطُّ في بُعدي وفي القُربِ أشتَطُّ

    You, my passion, were fashioned for a beloved, in abasement.

    So he goes to extremes when I am far, and I do so when near.

  3. طَفَوتُ على بَحرٍ مَنَ الحُبِّ زاخرٍ

    فهَا أنا أبدُو تارَةً ثمَّ أنقَطُّ

    I floated upon a surging sea of love.

    Here I am, appearing one moment, then sinking away.

  4. طَلبتُ وِصَالاً ما وَفَيتُ بشَرطهِ

    وإن جزاءَ الحُبِّ يَسبِقُه الشَّرطُ

    I sought a union whose condition I had not fulfilled.

    Indeed, love's reward is preceded by its condition.

  5. طَلائعُ شَوقِي فِيكَ غَيرُ حفيّةٍ

    فمِن زَفرتِي رَسمٌ ومِن عبرَتي نَقطُ

    The heralds of my longing for you show no kindness.

    From my sigh comes a trace, and from my tears, dots.

  6. طَرقُتُ بِخطٍّ مِن لِقَائِكَ لائحٍ

    فبَينا تبدَّى قِيل قد دَرسَ الخَطُّ

    I came by night with a gleaming trace of meeting you.

    But just as it appeared, it was said, 'The trace has faded.'

  7. طَغَى بيَ طَرفُ الحِبِّ في تِيهِ صَبوُةٍ

    فَبَينا تَبدَّى قِيل قد درسَ الخَطُّ

    The beloved's glance drove me astray in the wilderness of youthful passion.

    But just as it appeared, it was said, 'The trace has faded.'

  8. طمِعتُ وَقَد أحببتُ في الوَصلِ والرِّضَا

    فَما رَاحَتِي إلاَّ القَطيعَةُ والشَّحطُ

    Having loved, I hoped for union and favor.

    Yet my only rest is estrangement and distance.

  9. طَمت لُجَجٌ للحبِّ خضتُ عُبَابَها

    فلا سَبحَ يُنجيني وَقد بَعُدَ الشَّدُّ

    Love's deep waters rose; I waded into their surge.

    No swimming saves me, and running lies far beyond reach.

  10. طَبِيب الهَوى لَم يُجدِ للقَلبِ طِبُّهُ

    ورُبَّ عِلاجٍ لا يُساعِدُهُ الخِلطُ

    The physician of passion—his medicine did the heart no good.

    And many a treatment finds no help from the body's humor.